Literary usage of Fancier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1.The North American Miscellany (1851)"TARDIF; THE PICTURE fancier. attempt to walk along this path, which, however,
... TARDIF; THE PICTURE fancier. ONE of the most celebrated amateurs of ..."

2.The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)"THE CAGE BIRD AND THE BIRD-fancier. " There the treasured singing pet In his
narrow cage is set, Welcoming the beams that come Upon his gilded prison-home. ..."

3.Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land by John Whetham Beddam Whetham (1874)"Oregon forests—The Umpqua Canon—A poultry fancier—A female hermit—Willamette
Valley—Eugene City—The Three Sister*—The Mackenzie River—Oregon City—Falls of ..."